A family is picking up the pieces with the help of the local community after a house fire left a family temporarily homeless.East Jefferson Fire and Rescue responded at 3:13 p.m. May 18 after it was …
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One person is dead and multiple were injured after a six-vehicle pileup occurred on the Hood Canal Bridge.According to a press release issued by Port Townsend Police Department Public Information …
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The Washington State Police bomb squad determined an object found on North Beach was harmless.An initial report came in at 1 p.m. May 1 to the Port Townsend Police Department of a possible unexploded …
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One of two Jefferson County suspects among the 10 men arrested as part of the “Net Nanny” anti-child-abuse sting operation was found dead in his home of an apparent suicide March 30, according to …
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Ten sexual predators who targeted children, including a number in Jefferson County, were taken off the streets in a multiday operation run by law enforcement, county prosecutors and victim advocate …
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The Port Townsend Police Departments responded to 170 calls between March 16 and March 22. Among those calls were 2 911 calls, 2 reports of harassment, 3 noise complaints, 2 reports of theft and 37 …
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A bicyclist on the Larry Scott Memorial Trail called 911 on the morning of March 7 to report that a man with a baseball bat had tried to strike her.
According to a probable-cause report from the …
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The Memorial Field plaque, which honored veterans of World War I and World War II, was returned to the Port Townsend Police Department on May 23 by an unnamed local business owner acting on behalf of a client.